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IPPNY Letter - “Stop Climate Polluter Handouts Act” (Part BB of S.9009-B); Raises Energy Costs
Dear Governor Hochul, Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie,
Part BB of S.9009-B would unnecessarily raise energy costs for New Yorkers while the State is urgently working to address energy affordability. Ironically, this proposal is counterproductive to the State’s efforts, since it would create a cost shift from the State Treasury to energy consumers.
Among other provisions, this Budget proposal would remove the exemption from the Sales and Use Tax for fuel and gas used to produce electricity and revenue...
Legislative Memos
IPPNY Letter - Establishing Blue Ribbon Commission on Residential Affordability Through Energy Savings (RATES) (Subpart A of Part TT of A.10008-B); Utility Ownership of New Generation Should Continue to Be Prohibited.
Dear Governor Hochul, Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie,
Subpart A of Part TT of A.10008-B would establish a RATES Commission to study the causes of rising utility rates to residential customers and recommend actions to reduce such rates. The RATES Commission would be required to examine and make recommendations on certain matters, such as overturning the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) long-standing policy prohibiting investor-owned utility ownership of generation, that, paradoxically, if recommended and adopted, would cause electricity rates to...
Legislative Memos
IPPNY Letter - Returning “Profits” Resulting from Participation of Electric Generating Facilities in NYISO’s Short-Term Electric Commodity Markets (Subpart B of Part TT of A.10008-B) - Pre-Empted by Federal Law; Use RGGI Money Instead to Fund POWER
Dear Governor Hochul, Leader Stewart-Cousins, and Speaker Heastie,
Subpart B of Part TT of A.10008-B is pre-empted by the Federal Power Act because it conflicts with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s regulation of wholesale rates within the New York Independent System Operator’s (NYISO) competitive wholesale electricity markets. Court cases have affirmed this type of pre-emption, and IPPNY is available to provide additional information.
The proposal is also an unconstitutional taking. It would effectively cap the revenues that a generator...
